Wakefield Water Not Contaminated After Typhoid Fear
Middlesex County reports indicate Crystal pond water shows no contamination despite fears of a typhoid outbreak. Dr Morse from the State board of health collected samples in Wakefield. gases from sewage blamed for some cases. Stone & Webster of Boston are consulting engineers on Rumford Falls work, with Mr Lane joining. Community notes include a Christian Endeavor program, a planned Orthodox choir, and an upcoming electric accident injury to Frances Sullivan. Mrs Dudley Hartford remains weak after pneumonia scare.
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Wakefield
Crystal Pond
Morse
State Board of Health
Boston
Stone & Webster
Federal Street
Rumford Falls
Maine
Lane
Alfred Hubach
Loomis
Dudley Hartford
Frances Sullivan
South Street
Bedford Centre
J. Ernest Carter
H. N. Hutchinson
Mystery ends as Foley’s body found at Farm Pond
The disappearance of James F. Foley from Cedar Street last Thursday is resolved by the discovery of his body on Farm Pond shore Wednesday afternoon. Medical Examiner Palmer viewed the body. Foley, about 37, married with a family, worked as a gardener for Dennison Manufacturing and was described as industrious and inoffensive.
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James F. Foley
Cedar Street
Farm Pond
Palmer
Foley
Dennison Manufacturing Company
Keene Man Shoots Self in Suburban Hotel Office
Charles Fremont Gurnsey, 23, of Keene New Hampshire, registered as D T Hall Boston. He appeared intoxicated and shot himself in the Suburban hotel office Saturday dying within a half hour after John C Fowler, the proprietor, telephoned police and summoned Dr Charles A Keegan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Fremont Gurnsey
Keene
N. H
Gurnsey
D. T. Hall
Boston
John C. Fowler
Mr. Fowler
Charles A. Keegan
Funeral services held for Mrs. Joel Blaisdell in South Chelmsford
In South Chelmsford the funeral for Mrs. Joel Blaisdell took place Sunday at 2 PM at her son's home with Rev. C W Williams conducting. Singers Mrs Ella Lander and Miss Margaret Sloan performed several hymns and a burial followed at Hart Pond cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joel Blaisdell
Alvin J. Blaisdell
C. W. Williams
Ella Lander
Margaret Sloan
Hart Pond Cemetery
Inex Carr
South Braintree
Mass
Ladies Aid meeting and harvest supper plans at Congregational Church
Tewksbury reports $450 raised last year by the Ladies' Aid Society. Officers named include President Mrs Serina Hoyt and Secretary Treasurer Mrs Marcellus Patten. Harvest supper set for Oct 22. Rev Charles L Pierce of North Tewksbury Baptist to begin a Bunyan Pilgrims Progress lecture series next Sunday. A daughter born yesterday to Mr and Mrs Herbert Trull of North Tewksbury.
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Ladies’ Aid Society
First Congregational Church
Serina Hoyt
Albert C. Blaisdell
Marcellus Patten
Hannah Chandler
Thomas Earley
Nelli Cc
Rich
Charles L. Pierce
The
Baptist Church
North Tewksbury
Bunyan
Herbert Trull
Dracut Evangelistic Meetings At Hillside Church
In Dracut Hillside Congregational Church hosts evangelistic meetings. Miss Francis speaks without notes, mixes illustrations with Scripture readings and expositions. Her young power draws crowds as prayer and consecrated life power her sermons. Meetings: every evening at 7.45, Sundays 10.45 and 7.15, until further notice.
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Hillside Congregational Church
Francis
Carlisle Christian Endeavor Meeting and Local Notes
Carlisle reports a Friday prayer meeting topic Fruitful or fruitless led by Mrs A H Armes. O S club members met Mrs BE J Carr. dinner and tea served. rain outside. Next meeting with Mrs Sarah E Wilson on Oct 11, birthday anniversary. Capt H W Wilson attends 36th Grand Army encampment in Washington with friends from Concord. Alvah Carr buys Hannah Green firm, work on banners for immediate occupancy. Snake shooting on old Concord road yields 621/4 feet of snakes across two days. 20 total, four more shot later.
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Christian Endeavor
A. H. Armes
O. S. Club
BE. J. Carr
Sarah E. Wilson
H.W. Wilson
Concord
Grand Army of the Republic
Washington
Alvah Carr
TA. Green
Hannah Green
Concord Road
Bedford Verdi orchestra to perform at town hall event
The Verdi orchestra of Lexington will give a concert at Bedford town hall next Monday at 8 PM assisted by reader Eulle Ray Rushmore from Boston. Members include Arthur W. Wood, H. Walter Gleason, and Rev. F. B. McAllister with conductor William Marshall of Melrose.
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Verdi Orchestra
Lexington
Town Hall
Bedford
Eulle Ray Rushmore
Boston
Arthur W. Wood
H. Walter Gleason
F. B. McAllister
William Marshall
Melrose
Paul Baron Webber
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Myron H. Clark
Hedford
Maynor W. Lane
Remains of Captain Reed Brought for Burial in Littleton
Remains of Capt J B Reed of Boston were brought to Littleton for burial. A G A R member and Legion of Honor, he spent 40 years with Maccular Williams Co and 20 years supervising the news boys' reading room. Floral tributes from local organizations. Eulogy by Rev Dr Horton. Reed known for vacations in town and Memorial Day decorations. Post to give $100 for perpetual care.
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J. B. Reed
Boston
Capt. Reed
A. Priest
E. Whitcomb
Lizzie
William Hartwell
Cambridgeport
May Robbins
Dora Robbins
Daisy
Robbins
M. L. Bragg
the West Grammar School
Mr. Havens
Village notes theft scare and social plans in Graniteville
Graniteville residents discuss rising wood prices while a thief tries to steal firewood, thwarted by a dog. The article notes social dances planned in Forge Village and Healy's hall, church masses at St. Catherine's, and local visits, with references to local residents and events.
Auction of Milo B. Stiles farm on Chicopee Row
The farm and buildings of the late Milo B. Stiles on Chicopee Row, comprising thirty five acres, will be sold by auction Wednesday.
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Milo B. Stiles
Chicopee Row
Local Notices and Social Updates From the Town
The notice lists an auction schedule for cattle horses and household items on a date in October. Social updates include Mrs. W. H. Bruce hosting Groton D A R, jurors drawn for Cambridge and Lowell courts, Eva B. Torrey visiting friends in South Weymouth and Brain Tree, Wilbur Rockwood visiting with family, and Mrs. George L. Boynton visiting Maine. Library hours altered. Lunenburg and Groton grange visit. farmers offered pricing for Winter apples. Ralph P. Stevens and Catherine Black’s forthcoming marriage. Mrs. P. Woolley visiting her mother in law. Mrs. Ellen Williams visiting Chicago. Parmenter and Rockwood bicycle trip to Wayland. Miss Mary Huntington Lay’s marriage to Corcoran Thom at the Wharton residence with special dispensation.
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W. H. Bruce
Groten
Theophilus G. Smith
Thomas F. Ryan
Cambridge
Henry H. Gay
William A. Moore
Lowell
Eva B. Torrey
Weymouth
Braintree
Wilbur Rockwood
Rockwood
Mrs
Stacy
G. H. Rockwood
Deacon H. C. Rockwood
Charles Rockwood
Everett
George L. Boynton
Maine
Frazer McDonald
Ladies’ Benevolent Society of the Baptist Church
Lunenburg Grange
Groton Grange
Ralph P. Stevens
Catherine Black
Fr. Gleason
Ayer
Louise Huron
Washington
Constance Wharton
Billerica Social Highlights At Local Churches
Orthodox church hosts a vestry social with representations from various states and towns. Rev. Albert E. Wurst preached at the Orthodox church. Flor ence Wurst departed for Illinois then California with her mother. Unitarian Women’s Alliance staged a fall fair with decorated tables, candy counters, preserved fruit, and a Klondike play area. Proceeds and supper were organized by several chairmen as a multiple community event. The event honored Mrs. Luella M. Wiers on her birthday. an additional knitted shawl was presented.
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Albert E. Wurst
Florence Wurst
Mr. Wurst
Billerica
Illinois
California
T. E. Evans
First Baptist Church
Abijah Thompson
Yarmouth
Maine
Billerica Historical Society
New England Historical and Genealogical Register
Women's Alliance
The
Unitarian Church
Isabella W. Talbot Clark
Mary Richardson Eames
Mabel Holden
Carrie Knowles
Mary C. Morey
Cowdry
Annie Jaquith
Edith Hawes Jones
Luella M. Wiers
Lilla Stanton Richardson
Etta Stanton
Ada F. Harlow
Kate B. Parker
F. A. Casey
Klondike
Joseph Talbot
Fannie
Paige
Charles A
Kohlrauech
Charles E, Hosmer
Maurice O'Donnell
Billerika
OM Concord Chapter
Concord Meeting and Library Officers Hire Quiet Notes
Concord mass hosts a regular meeting at Miss Jeannie Barrett’s Main street home. Bennett Public Library association elects officers including T Frank Lyons and John Richardson with several directors. Local society notices mark anniversaries, church events, travel, and obituaries among town residents.
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Concord
Mass
Jeannie Barrett
Main Street
Bennett Public Library Association
T. Frank Lyons
John A. Richardson
Eugene C. Vining
Herbert A. King
Edgar S. Wiers
Joshua B. Holden, Jr
Fred H
Chelmsford
Unitarian Church
Wiers
Ada Lund Mitchem
Billerica
Danville
Canada
Emily
Lucy Adams
Littleton
Ethel T. Jaquith
Rolf
Luther W. Faulkner
California
Helen Meriam Rich
Providence
R. I
Frederic A. Morey
Norwich
Edith Brown
Marblehead
Knowles
Young People’s Guild
Concord River
Harry Grant
Goffstown
N. H
Susie T. Jaquith
Andover Hyed lectures and Y M C A succession
Rev Dr Jones preached in Seminary church and spoke in Free church and South church on India and missions. South church honored G E Huggins as Harvards Y M C A successor to Ed win Carter who will work in India. Carter bid farewell with Prof. Peabody. Mrs Flemmings dies at North Tewksbury. Elm street elms felled after tree wardens hearing.
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Jones
Hyde
Seminary Church
Free Church
India
South Church
G. E. Huggins
Edwin C. Carter
Harvard University
Alfred BE. Stearns
Phillips Academy
Carter
Harvard
Francis G. Peabody
University
James Flemmings
North Tewksbury
B. F. Holt
Main Street
Pelham Republican caucus selects candidates and concert plans
The Pelham caucus chose George S Butler moderator and candidate for representative, Charles L Seavey delegate to the constitutional convention, with C L Seavey Geo Kelley and Guy Richardson as supervisors. Pelham s'n¢ Oct 16 arrangements are complete. no chorus artists. Soloists include Wm Heindrik of Boston tenor K A Barrell organist Miss Isabelle Farley Nashua soprano Mrs O A Gelino alto and the American orchestra. Dinner speakers include Gen A Marden and Solon W Stevens. Tickets 25 cents for rehearsal and concert and the same for dinner.
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George S. Butler
Butler
Charles L. Seavey
C. L. Seavey
Geo. Kelley
Guy Richardson
Wm. Heindrik
Boston
K. A. Barrell
Isabelle Farley
Nashua
O. A. Gelino
American Orchestra
A. Marden
Solon W. Stevens
Harvard Notes and Local Announcements in Harvard Mass
Mr. Hutchins sold his farm on Oakhill to Charles F. Harris of Worcester and moved to Arlington Heights. Library annex work began recently. Mrs. Woodland and family and Mrs. Miller and son visit Nova Scotia. Sunny side readings for 4003 4s feature England's Representative Men and Women with topics and speakers. Roper of Westford preached at Congregational church discussing Work Among Our Sailors. North Middlesex W B F missions annual meeting held with Congregational society on a rainy Oct 1. Harvard news roundup continues with Harvard events.
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Hutchins
Oakhill
Charles F. Harris
Worcester
Arlington Heights
Woodland
Susie Davis
Queen Eliabeth
Elizabeth Pollard
Edmund Burke
J. G. Miller
Sir Isaac Newton
W. K. Harrod
Charles Dickens
J. K. Maynard
Francis Bacon
T. Macaulay
W. B. Avillard
Rastus and Sambo Contemplate Oculist Hotel Scene
Rastus questions Sambo about his days as Sambo explains using an oculist in a hotel. Sambo asserts it involves eye cutting, a troubling claim rooted in hostile language and dangerous stereotype.
AbOut THE HOUSe. Who Will Be Glad At Any Time
A fragment brief questions reception by ladies and the public within the house. It hints at moral or devotional tone and the expected welcome of offerings or messages from women to readers. The text presents a cautious reading of charity or duty in a domestic or churchly setting.
Crossing Bridges We Dare Not Cross
Poem by Adelbert F. Caldwell urges living in the moment and facing tomorrow's challenges. It cautions against delaying joys and letting fear of what may come steal today. The verse urges action rather than perpetual hesitation, noting that present happiness is often lost to doubt.
Editorial Reflections on Coal, Kitchens and Housekeeping
A long editorial argues that stove baking remains preferred over gas ovens, discusses wood versus coal stoves, and critiques butchers’ chicken disassembly. It recounts a coal buying tale during a strike, praising foresight and a housekeeper’s planning, noting price spikes and gendered perceptions in decision making.
Apricot Snow Dessert From Canned Fruit
Recipe notes describe draining two thirds of a cup of apricot syrup from a can, heating it, and adding enough sugar or other ingredients to complete the dessert. The fragment outlines a simple glaze or sweetened sauce base for apricots. No full method or servings are provided in the readable text.
Sweet Apricot Gelatin Mold and Barley with Cheese
A dessert method describes dissolving sugar with lemon juice and gelatin then folding stiff beaten egg whites for a molded apricot centerpiece. Garnish with halved apricots and serve with custard or whipped cream. Also included is Barley with Cheese, cooking flaked barley with salt then finishing with butter cayenne and cheese for a hot vegetarian supper option suitable when milk or cream is scarce.
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American Kitchen Magazine
Button Queen of Hester Street Heads to Old Sal’s Store
A New York Herald feature profiles Sarai known as Old Sal, who runs a button shop off Hester Street. Her stock includes thousands of buttons in pearl, glass, bone and more, with customers sending others to her when a perfect match is needed. She profits by buying from junk shops and dressmakers, offering buttons from one cent to a nickel, yet many regulars pay more to complete garments.
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Hester Street
New York
Sarai
Old Sal
New York Herald
Notion
The Bland Chinaman Doorman in California Illusion
A strict social doorkeeper in California deceives a visiting guest by using a card from a lesson set. Wing Lee, a Chinese servant, proves a good cook and orderly, yet lacks insight into guest ushering. He refuses entry with a calm, blunt note to the caller, highlighting dependence on rote behavior over judgment.
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Andersons
California
Wing Lee
Wing
Miss Anderson
Why the Baby Cried
A Boston doctor is called to a newborns case after a nighttime telephone exchange with a worried mother. Each guess from pin to hunger fails until he learns the baby was actually hungry, interrupting the physician’s sleep and prompting a new early morning call.
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Boston
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Alfred Woods
M. E. Church
F. L. Furbush
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Michael F. Callahan
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